A word typically made up of the first letters of two or more words; for example, BASIC stands for "Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." Letters within a word are also used; for example, XML means "eXtensible Markup Language."
Technically, if only first letters are used, the term is an "initialism," but this distinction is not widely made. For an excellent acronym resource, visit www.acronymfinder.com. See backronym.
Technically, if only first letters are used, the term is an "initialism," but this distinction is not widely made. For an excellent acronym resource, visit www.acronymfinder.com. See backronym.
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- Blog posts 2008-09-07
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Google Chrome: The enterprise playbook
- Google Chrome: The enterprise playbookR&DThey are essentially a R&D company. So it just makes since they will put out loads of products and see what consumers bite on. I don't think it is a shotgun approach, just a product of their structure.Will Live Search work with Chrome?That should...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Will the EMR movement become a political divide
- Will the EMR movement become a political divideFYI: Its now EHR, not EMR...the change is to include dental, pyschological and other healthcare services.Electronic Health Records.We are in the middle of deployment strategy planning. The cost of deploying equipment and personell to get this up and running is staggering. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Survey: CIOs MIA on SOA
- Survey: CIOs MIA on SOASOA....So what?As a Director in search of a CIO position, I found this SOA discussion very interesting. In recnt interviews I have heard the acronym tossed around, but found that any indept discussion would be fruitless. It would seem that most organizations what you...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Mobile TV - not dead, just not ready for primetime
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- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- IT as whiners: The great debate
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- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- The full cost of ADHD includes ignorance
- The full cost of ADHD includes ignoranceare you a real doctor or like a Doctor Pepper?From your column "In females it displays differently, often as passivity, which means it often goes undiagnosed."Passivity? FYI, "passivity" is one of the symptoms of ADHD. Concentrate and try to answer the question, do you...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- First MISO, then GISMO, next GOAT?
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- First MISO, then GISMO, next GOAT?
- Awhile back my Irregular chums came up with MISO as the acronym to describe the main enterprise players of the time: Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle. We also quipped that could change to include Google and so with a little creative thought we ended up with GISMO. Last week's Apple...
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Harry Potter and the da Vinci book of Soduku
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Linux-based cell phone drops July 4
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Want XP on your new Dell? $50, please
- Want XP on your new Dell? $50, pleaseWindows Vista all the way!I haven't used Windows XP since January 2007. Windows Vista is so much better than Windows XP. When will people wake-up and see Windows Vista as the best, most secure, operating system currently available?how about a no...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Cloud computing meets capitalism: We all become a business of one
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- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- What is Enterprise 2.0?
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- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tomorrow?
- The message out of Computex this week is loud and clear: The Netbooks are coming. Intel is touting its Atom processor. Acer is on the board with its Aspire one. Microsoft is adapting Windows to the Netbook market. Nvidia says Netbooks will be graphics intensive. The big question: Are buyers...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
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- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- Buses as mobile sensing platforms?
- According to European researchers, modern buses could be used as mobile sensing platforms, sending out live information to be used to control traffic and detect road hazards. The 3.83 million euro EU-funded MORYNE project was completed in March 2008 with a test in Berlin, Germany. During this test, the researchers...
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- Chat Reference (zip)
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- Software downloads 2008-05-20
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